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  • Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 1: The tremendous statement
    Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 1: The tremendous statement, ONCE, WHEN HE WAS STILL WITH HIS MASTER, KYOZAN SAID TO ISAN, 'WHERE DOES THE REAL BUDDHA DWELL?' ISAN REPLIED, 'BY MEANS OF THE SUBTLETY OF THOUGHTLESS THOUGHT, CONTEMPLATE THE BOUNDLESS SPIRITUAL BRIGHTNESS. CONTEMPLATE IT UNTIL RETURNING TO THE GROUND OF BEING, THE ALWAYS ABIDING NATURE, AND ITS FORM OF THE UNDICHOTOMOUS PRINCIPLE. THIS IS THE REAL BUDDHA.' ON HEARING THIS, KYOZAN WAS ENLIGHTENED. LATER, WHEN KYOZAN HAD BECOME A MASTER HIMSELF, ISAN SENT HIM A MIRROR AS A GIFT. WHEN HE WENT TO THE HALL WHERE HIS MONKS WERE ASSEMBLED, KYOZAN HELD UP THE MIRROR AND SAID TO THE ASSEMBLY, 'PLEASE SAY WHETHER THIS IS ISAN'S MIRROR OR KYOZAN'S MIRROR. IF SOMEONE CAN GIVE A CORRECT REPLY, I WILL NOT SMASH IT.' NO ONE ANSWERED, AND KYOZAN SMASHED THE MIRROR at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 1: The tremendous statement, Question 1
    Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 1: The tremendous statement, Question 1, IS OUR ORIGINAL FACE THAT OF THE WITNESS? IS IT THAT WE LIVE AS AMNESIACS, FORGETTING THAT WE HAVE ONLY ARBITRARILY ADOPTED A BODY AND MIND, AND THAT ENLIGHTENMENT IS SIMPLY REGAINING OUR MEMORY? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 2: Zen is like wild flowers
      Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 2: Zen is like wild flowers, ONCE, KYOZAN'S MASTER ASKED HIM, 'THE NIRVANA SUTRA HAS ABOUT FORTY CHAPTERS OF THE BUDDHA'S TEACHING. HOW MANY OF THESE ARE DEVIL TEACHINGS?' 'ALL OF THEM,' REPLIED KYOZAN. THE MASTER COMMENTED: 'FROM NOW ON, NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE LIKES WITH YOU.' THEN KYOZAN ASKED: 'FROM NOW ON, WHAT SHOULD BE MY MODE OF LIFE?' HIS MASTER RESPONDED, 'I ADMIRE YOUR JUST EYE; I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF THE MATTER' at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 2: Zen is like wild flowers, Question 1
      Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 2: Zen is like wild flowers, Question 1, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT FORMAL RELIGIONS HAVE USED THE SENSE OF THE MYSTERIOUS NEGATIVELY -- TO DELUDE AND BAFFLE PEOPLE. ON THE OTHER HAND, UNLESS SCIENCE HAS A SENSE OF THE MYSTERIOUS, IT SEEMS THAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE DESTRUCTIVE. IS THIS SO? at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 3: A very fresh communion
    Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 3: A very fresh communion, WHEN HE WAS WITH KYOZAN, RYUSEN WAS THE MONK IN CHARGE OF FOOD. ONE DAY A STRANGE MONK CAME AND ASKED FOR A MEAL, AT WHICH RYUSEN GAVE HIM PART OF HIS OWN. KYOZAN KNEW OF THIS BUT CALLED RYUSEN TO HIM AND ASKED, 'THAT ENLIGHTENED MONK WHO CAME JUST NOW -- DID HE GIVE YOU ANY FOOD?' RYUSEN SAID, 'HE DENIED HIMSELF AND PASSED ON HIS ALMS.' KYOZAN COMMENTED: 'YOU MADE A GREAT PROFIT' at energyenhancement.org

  • Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 3: A very fresh communion, Question 1
    Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 3: A very fresh communion, Question 1, DOES THE URGE TO UNDERSTAND EVER BECOME A VIOLATION OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE? at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 4: A stone striking bamboo
      Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 4: A stone striking bamboo, KYOZAN WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO THE VALIDITY OF KYOGEN'S ENLIGHTENMENT SO, BY WAY OF TESTING HIM, HE SAID TO KYOGEN, 'I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU COMPOSED A VERSE EXPRESSING YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT. PLEASE LET ME HEAR IT AND I WILL STUDY IT.' WHEN KYOGEN HAD FINISHED RECITING THE VERSE, HE SAID, 'WE WILL LEAVE IT READY FOR SOME LEISURE TIME,' AND HE THEN PROCEEDED TO MAKE ANOTHER VERSE: 'LAST YEAR MY POVERTY WAS NOT REAL POVERTY; THIS YEAR MY POVERTY IS THE REAL THING. LAST YEAR THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR THE AWL TO BE STRUCK; THIS YEAR I HAVEN'T EVEN AN AWL.' ON HEARING THIS VERSE, KYOZAN COMMENTED, 'WHAT YOU HAVE GOT IS JUST NYORAI ZEN, NOT PATRIARCHAL ZEN' at energyenhancement.org

    • Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 4: A stone striking bamboo, Question 1
      Talks on Zen, Kyozan: A True Man of Zen Chapter 4: A stone striking bamboo, Question 1, TO REMEMBER TO WITNESS, COULD IT BE HELPFUL TO START WITH ONE ROUTINE -- LIKE SHOWERING OR MAKING THE BED -- IN WHICH AS MUCH AWARENESS IS BROUGHT TO THE MOMENT AS POSSIBLE? THEN WHEN ONE IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT FOR SEVERAL DAYS, ANOTHER ACTIVITY COULD BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE SAME MANNER. PERHAPS TRIGGERS COULD ALSO BE USED -- LIKE A PARTICULAR PERSON OR A CERTAIN COLOR -- TO RECALL THE SPACE OF WITNESSING. IS THIS A GOOD IDEA OR ARE THERE PITFALLS I CAN'T SEE? at energyenhancement.org

 

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